Job 26:8
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
In Context
7Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
9Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.
Cross References
Genesis 1:7And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which [are] under the expanse, and the waters which [are] above the expanse: and it is so.
Job 37:11Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.
Job 38:37Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
Psalms 135:7Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.
Proverbs 30:4Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!
Jeremiah 10:13At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.
Matthew Henry on Job 26:6-14
The Wisdom and Power of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11… Read the whole commentary →